Nesma Airlines

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Nesma Airlines
Nesma Airlines logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
NE NSS NESMA
Founded2010
Hubs
  • Cairo International Airport
  • Hail Airport
  • King Abdulaziz International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations16
Parent companyNesma Holding Company Ltd.
HeadquartersJeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Key peopleFaisal Al-Turki, (CEO, Saudi Arabia)
Ashraf Lamloum (CEO, Egypt)
Websitewww.nesmaairlines.com

Nesma Airlines is a Saudi Arabian airline which operates scheduled domestic flights within Saudi Arabia as well as international regional flights. Nesma Airlines operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.

History[]

Nesma Airlines officially took to the skies in June 2010.

Nesma Airlines first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 from Hurghada to Ljubljana and the airline currently operates charter flights linking Egypt, Europe, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Italy,[1] Spain, Poland and France.

The airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2011 to Hail, Tabuk and Taif.[2]

On October 27, 2016, the airline launched domestic flight services within Saudi Arabia. Flights will operate out of the central hub at Hail Regional Airport to various locations in the Kingdom which currently includes Tabuk and Qaisumah. All flights will be flown on board the airline's ATR 72-600 aircraft.

On November 21, 2016, Nesma Airlines began a new operational route [3] based from Jeddah between Riyadh, Dammam and Hail. The flights include six daily trips between Jeddah and Riyadh and two daily trips between Jeddah and Dammam as well as daily trip to Hail.[4] These flights are flown with Nesma Airlines leased A320 and A321 aircraft.

Destinations[]

As of May 2017, Nesma Airline's schedule flights include:[5]

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo – Sarajevo International Airport
Egypt
  • Cairo – Cairo International Airport Base
Saudi Arabia
  • Arar – Arar airport
  • Dammam – King Fahad International Airport
  • Hail – Hail Airport Base
  • Jeddah – King Abdulaziz International Airport Base
  • Jizan – Jizan Airport
  • Al-Jawf – Al-Jawf Airport
  • Madinah – Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport
  • Qaisumah – Qaisumah Airport
  • Qassim – Qassim Airport
  • Rafha - Rafha Airport
  • Riyadh – King Khaled International Airport
  • Tabuk – Tabuk Airport
  • Taif – Taif Airport
  • Turaif – Turaif Airport
  • Yanbu – Yanbu Airport

Fleet[]

Nesma Airlines Airbus A320 Bertha

The Nesma Airlines Egypt fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2020:[6]

Nesma Airlines Egypt current fleet[]

Nesma Airlines (Egypt) fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 1 — 150
Airbus A320-200 2 — 180
Total 3 —

Nesma Airlines Egypt former fleet[]

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of August 2018):[7]

  • 1 further Airbus A320

Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia Fleet[]

Nesma Airlines (Saudi Arabia) fleet[8]
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 72-600 1 — 70
Total 1 —

Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia Fleet[]

  • 3 further ATR 72-600
  • 2 Airbus A320-200

References[]

  1. ^ Garozis, Savvas (2010-09-12). "NESMA AIRLINES 320-200 SU-NMB(cn1732) | Flickr – Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  2. ^ "GACA". www.gaca.gov.sa. Retrieved 2017-09-13.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Nesma Airlines enters the fray between Jeddah and Riyadh". anna.aero. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. ^ "Nesma Airlines". www.nesmaairlines.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  5. ^ "Nesma Airlines". www.nesmaairlines.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  6. ^ "Nesma Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  7. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2018): 13.
  8. ^ "Nesma Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

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